The White Dress

Criticism

12th August 2020

Nathalie Legér's blend of novel, art history and memoir is a study in 'to-be-looked-at-ness'.

Oona

Criticism

23rd July 2020

Tara McEvoy considers joy and formal constraint in Alice Lyons' 'extraordinary' debut novel.

The Dominant Animal

Criticism

30th June 2020

Emily S. Cooper finds a quiet beauty in Kathryn Scanlan's spare, unflinching stories.

Minor Detail

Criticism

11th June 2020

Adania Shibli's third novel, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, considers the implications of historiography under occupation.

The Ministry of Guidance and other stories

Criticism

26th May 2020

Golnoosh Nour's short story collection is an 'inescapably political' exploration of queerness and national identity.

Fatherhood

Criticism

27th April 2020

Caleb Klaces' experimental blend of poetry and prose describes the state of new fatherhood with a radical note of tenderness.

Nietzsche And The Burbs

Criticism

9th April 2020

Lars Iyer's latest philosophical novel is a “paean to those languorous summer afternoons, on the cusp of adulthood, when time stretches to eternity.”

Nobber

Criticism

19th March 2020

Oisín Fagan's first novel is at once shocking, sad and wise; a book which looks boldly at the mysteries of life, and leaves them beautifully intact

Actress

Criticism

20th February 2020

Anne Enright's seventh novel is 'an intricate portrait of the artist as a woman, and an incisive commentary on her "role" in the early Irish republic.'